Svenja Tams

Professor of Management, Organizations and Leadership with international path across higher education, industry and consulting. My expertise is the design of OD and learning programmes for developing creative, leaderful work in a changing world, often but not limited to sustainability issues.

At the centre of my work ist the development of people as creative, leaderful actors in organizational ecosystems and dynamic environments. My approach to human development supports people and organizations, enabling them to engage resourcefully and creatively with the systems of which they are part, expand their space of action, and take ownership for projects that bring us in better alignment with the needs of our changing world. My research advances an understanding of organizing and change work in a context of tensions and disruptive change (such as leading for sustainability).

I hold more than 25 years experience in change management, organisational development and leadership development across diverse sectors. Areas of expertise: leadership development, people and organizations, HRM, career development, employee engagement, responsible management, sustainability, ‘new work’, project management, teams and communications, inter-cultural communications, change management, vision co-design, action learning, systemic coaching, community engagement, learning communities, knowledge management, brand strategy, marketing and customer engagement, performance management, digital transformation, online learning, research with people, design/arts-based and embodied methods.

I have set up, lead and contributed to innovative programmes. Among these are: * SRH Berlin's unique BA Creative Industries Management and MA IM Creative Leadership, which link business, the arts and social sciences in transdisciplinary, project-oriented and artful ways, as well as its MBA and BA International Business Studies. * the leadership and career development activities in the Bath Full-time/Executive MBA (recognized through high rankings in the “Personal Development” category of the FT's ‘Which MBA?’); * the Bath MSc in Advanced Management Practice * executive development programmes for a range of clients * organizational development for sustainability through co-design

I studied Business Strategy, Organizational Behaviour, Analysis, Design & Management of Information Systems and International Studies at London Business School, London School of Economics, Boston University, University of Miami and University of Trier, and am committed to continuous professional development in my field.

Publications

2010
* New directions for boundaryless careers: Agency and interdependence in a changing world
S Tams, MB Arthur
Journal of Organizational Behavior 31 (5), 629-646

2007
* Studying careers across cultures: Distinguishing international, cross‐cultural, and globalization perspectives
S Tams, MB Arthur
Career Development International

2011
* Responsible careers: Systemic reflexivity in shifting landscapes
S Tams, J Marshall
Human Relations 64 (1), 109-131

2008
* Constructing self‐efficacy at work: a person‐centered perspective
S Tams
Personnel Review

2002
* Goal Setting, Performance Appraisal, Feedback
PG Audia, S Tams
The Blackwell Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management, Blackwell Publishers …

2008
* Self‐directed social learning: the role of individual differences
S Tams
Journal of Management Development

2017
Goal setting, performance appraisal, and feedback across cultures
PG Audia, S Tams
The Blackwell Handbook of Cross‐Cultural Management, 142-154

2020
* Constructing alignment for sustainable careers: Insights from the career narratives of management consultants
K Chudzikowski, S Gustafsson, S Tams
Journal of Vocational Behavior 117, 103312

2006
* The boundaryless career
S Tams, MB Arthur
Encyclopedia of career development, 44-49

2013
* How empowering is social innovation
M Edwards-Schachter, S Tams, S Tams
Identifying barriers to participation in community-driven innovation

2013
* How Empowering is Social Innovation? Identifying Barriers to Participation in Community-driven Innovation
M Edwards-Schachter, S Tams

2011
* Career communities: Examining learning through the culture-as-practice lens
S Tams, MB Arthur
7th International Critical Management Studies Conference, 11-13

2020
* The dynamics of responsible careers and their impact on societal issues: A conceptual framework
S Tams
Research Handbook of Responsible Management

2002
* Goal Setting, Performance Appraisal, Feedback’in Gannon, MJ and Newman, L
PG Audia, S Tams
The Blackwell Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management

2012
* Multiple perspectives on career scripts: Theoretical and empirical insights: Annual academy of management meeting
S Tams, K Chudzikowski, S Gustafsson
Academy of Management Conference, 2012

2012
* Innovation Labs: Tackling sustainability through systemic collaboration
S Tams, M Wadhawan
The Bath Perspective Magazine 17, 10-15

2002
* Goal setting, performance appraisal, and feedback across cultures. u: Gannon M., Newman K.[ur.]
PG Audia, S Tarns
The Blackwell handbook of cross-cultural management, Oxford, UK, itd: Blackwell

2021
* Careers in cities: An interdisciplinary space for advancing the contextual turn in career studies
S Tams, JC Kennedy, MB Arthur, KY Chan
Human Relations 74 (5), 635-655

2013
* Do systemic collaboration and network governance matter? Living Labs beyond user-driven innovation
M Edwards-Schachter, S Tams, MT Moreno-Valdés

2011
* In the Service of Many Masters: Do the Plural Logics of Service Learning Influence Individual Learning?
S Tams, P Caulfield, D Nedjati-Gilani
Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society 22